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2 VP aspirants na kapartido ni Senador Marcos, binuweltahan

MANILA, Philippines — Binuweltahan ni Senador Bongbong Marcos ang mga kapartido matapos siyang akusahang hindi dumalo sa Vice Presidential Debate kahapon para makaiwas umano na sagutin ang mga alegasyon ng korapsyon. Hindi man dumalo sa debate,  si Marcos ang tila nagisa nang husto matapos akusahan ni Senador Alan Peter Cayetano na inilagay umano ang pork barrel sa mga NGO ni Janet Lim Napoles. Pero sagot ni Marcos halata naman ang agenda ng kaniyang mga kalaban na […]

Walang Pilipino na nadamay sa Ecuador quake

Eagle News – Walang nadamay na mga Pilipino sa naganap na magnitude 7.8 na lindol sa Ecuador. Sinabi ni Honorary Consul Corazon Olivia De Reyes walang nasugatan o namatay kaya walang dapat na ikabahala ang mga kababayan sa pilipinas. Nagpasalamat din ito na nananatiling ligtas ang mga pinoy sa nasabing lugar. Umaabot sa halos 300 na ang namatay sa tumama na malakas na lindol kung saan marami ring mga gusali ang nasira.    

Duterte hits back as rape remark sparks fury

  (REUTERS) — Philippine presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte stuck to his guns on Sunday (April 17) amid outrage over a remark he made about a murdered rape victim, saying he regretted his “gutter language” but said he would not apologise for being misinterpreted. A YouTube video appeared over the weekend showing Duterte speaking at a recent rally where he recalled his experience of being a local mayor during a 1989 prison riot in which an […]

Dalawang araw na liquor ban, ipatutupad sa eleksyon

(Eagle News) — Kaugnay ng resolusyon na ipinalabas sa araw na ito, nagtakda ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) ng dalawang araw na liquor ban kaugnay ng nalalapit na halalan.   Ayon sa Comelec, walang sinumang Filipino citizen ang maaaring magbenta, mag-alok, bumili, magbigay, o uminom ng anumang inuming nakalalasing simula Mayo 8 hanggang Mayo 9.   Ituturing umanong election offense ang paglabag sa nabanggit na liquor ban kung saan ang mapatutunayang guilty ay haharap sa […]

Temperatura sa bansa, posibleng uminit pa hanggang Mayo 2016

(Eagle News) — Sa kabila ng napakainit na panahon ngayon, nagbabala ang Philippine Atmosheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) na posibleng mas uminit pa ang panahon sa mga susunod na araw. Ayon sa naturang ahensya, bagaman umabot na sa 37.7°C ang temperatura sa Metro Manila, asahan pa anilang lalagpas pa sa temperaturang ito ang mararanasan sa mga susunod na araw dahil na rin sa humidity na lalo pang nagpapainit sa panahon. Dagdag pa ng […]

Presidentiables, hinamon ng transport group na tutulan ang jeepney phaseout

(Eagle News) — Hinamon ng transport group na Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) ang mga kandidato sa 2016 presidential elections na tutulan ang jeepney phaseout program ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III. Ayon kay PISTON national president George San Mateo, kung tunay aniyang para sa mahirap ang mga presidential candidate, dapat aniyang manindigan ang mga ito laban sa phaseout ng mga jeepney dahil malaking banta umano ang programang ito sa […]

Women’s group demands apology from Philippine presidential contender over rape comment

(REUTERS) — A women’s group on Monday (April 18) demanded an apology from Philippine presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte over a rape remark that sparked outrage on social media. A YouTube video appeared over the weekend showing Duterte speaking at a recent rally where he recalled his experience of being a local mayor during a 1989 prison riot in which an Australian missionary visiting the local jail was raped and killed. The video clip showed Duterte, […]

Philippine presidential candidate attacked over rape remarks

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Leading Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, whose campaign promises a ruthless war on crime, was condemned on Sunday after a video surfaced of him apparently joking about a murdered Australian rape victim. Duterte, who promises mass killings of suspected criminals if elected next month, appears in a video uploaded on YouTube making the remarks about the female Australian missionary. The woman, who was ministering in a prison in Davao in the […]

Samal kidnap victims face execution on April 25

QUEZON City, Philippines – The four victims of the Samal Island kidnapping asked their respective governments to pay the 300 million-peso ransom each demanded by the Abu Sayyaf before April 25 or one of them will be executed. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Top Chinese military official visits Spratlys

QUEZON City, Philippines – Simultaneous to the visit of the United States Defense Secretary to the Philippines, a top Chinese military official visited the Chinese troops in the occupied areas in the Spratlys. China plans to add more facilities in the said area. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Nationwide earthquake drill on April 21

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reminded the public that there will be a nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill on April 21. PHILVOCS added that the earthquake drill is usually done twice or thrice a year and the earthquake drill on Thursday has no connection to the various earthquakes hitting different parts of the globe. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]

COMELEC asks public to support last debate of presidential candidates

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections asked the public to witness the last leg of the presidential debate to be held at Dagupan, Pangasinan. Said debate is the joint project of the COMELEC and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas as well as the media outfits. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)